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"One ringy-dingy ... two ringy-dingys ..."—used solely by Ernestine (Lily Tomlin), the obnoxious telephone operator. She would mimic the rings while waiting for someone to pick up the receiver. "A gracious good afternoon. This is Miss Tomlin of the telephone company.
Ernestine often snorted when she let loose a barbed response or heard something salacious; she also wore her hair in a 1940s hairstyle with a hairnet, although the character was contemporary. Her opening lines were often the comical "one ringy dingy... two ringy dingy", and, "Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?"
The album, Tomlin's first, won her a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording. [3] Tomlin became the first woman to win this award for a solo recording (in 1962 Elaine May won for an album with Mike Nichols ; in the years since only Whoopi Goldberg , Kathy Griffin , and Tiffany Haddish among female comedians have won the award.)
Lily Tomlin in 2013. This list is an article of Lily Tomlin's filmography. Lily Tomlin is an American actress and entertainer who has had various performances on stage and screen throughout a career spanning almost seven decades since 1965; various of which earned her numerous accolades and honors.
Lily is an American comedy variety show television special aired by CBS Television in 1973. The writing crew of fifteen all received an Emmy Award for their efforts on this show. This program was the first of three specials, preceding Lily in 1974, and The Lily Tomlin Special in 1975.
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Tomlin recorded the album live before an audience at The Ice House in Pasadena, California. The album features Tomlin as one of her most celebrated characters, five-and-a-half-year old Edith Ann, who hounds a new neighbor (also played by Tomlin) with her little dramas real and imagined, as well as sage advice and tales of her family's private life.
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